A New Orleans businessman and civic leader, founder and chairman of the Board of Talbot Realty Group, one of the leaders in the redevelopment of the Central Business District and Warehouse District in the city of New Orleans.

Talbot is a 1955 graduate of Jesuit High School, where he was voted the 1996 alumnus of the year. He has attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama and Tulane University. Active in numerous civic organizations, Talbot was a member of the Central Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and various committees of the Downtown Area for the redevelopment of Canal Street, the Central Business District, the Warehouse District, and the effects of the land based casino on the Downtown Area.